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3 # Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
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27 This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
28 Embedded boards based on PowerPC and ARM processors, which can be
29 installed in a boot ROM and used to initialize and test the hardware
30 or to download and run application code.
32 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
33 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
34 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
35 support booting of Linux images.
37 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
38 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
39 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
40 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
41 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
42 load and run it dynamically.
48 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
49 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
50 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
52 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
53 who contributed the specific port.
59 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
60 U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
61 <u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of
62 previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive
63 before asking FAQ's. Please see
64 http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/
70 - start from 8xxrom sources
71 - create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
73 - make it easier to add custom boards
74 - make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
75 - extend functions, especially:
76 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
79 * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
80 - create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
81 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
82 - create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
88 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
89 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
90 in source files etc.). Example:
92 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
94 File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
96 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
98 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
100 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
101 the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
103 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
104 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
110 U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
111 sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
112 sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
114 The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
115 between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
116 U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
122 - board Board dependend files
123 - common Misc architecture independend functions
124 - cpu CPU specific files
125 - disk Code for disk drive partition handling
126 - doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
127 - drivers Common used device drivers
128 - dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
129 - examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
130 - include Header Files
131 - disk Harddisk interface code
132 - net Networking code
133 - ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
134 - post Power On Self Test
135 - post/arch Symlink to architecture specific Power On Self Test
136 - post/arch-ppc PowerPC architecture specific Power On Self Test
137 - post/cpu/mpc8260 MPC8260 CPU specific Power On Self Test
138 - post/cpu/mpc8xx MPC8xx CPU specific Power On Self Test
139 - rtc Real Time Clock drivers
140 - tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
142 - cpu/74xx_7xx Files specific to Motorola MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
143 - cpu/mpc5xx Files specific to Motorola MPC5xx CPUs
144 - cpu/mpc8xx Files specific to Motorola MPC8xx CPUs
145 - cpu/mpc824x Files specific to Motorola MPC824x CPUs
146 - cpu/mpc8260 Files specific to Motorola MPC8260 CPU
147 - cpu/ppc4xx Files specific to IBM 4xx CPUs
149 - board/LEOX/ Files specific to boards manufactured by The LEOX team
150 - board/LEOX/elpt860 Files specific to ELPT860 boards
152 Files specific to RPXClassic boards
153 - board/RPXlite Files specific to RPXlite boards
154 - board/c2mon Files specific to c2mon boards
155 - board/cmi Files specific to cmi boards
156 - board/cogent Files specific to Cogent boards
157 (need further configuration)
158 Files specific to CPCIISER4 boards
159 - board/cpu86 Files specific to CPU86 boards
160 - board/cray/ Files specific to boards manufactured by Cray
161 - board/cray/L1 Files specific to L1 boards
162 - board/cu824 Files specific to CU824 boards
163 - board/ebony Files specific to IBM Ebony board
164 - board/eric Files specific to ERIC boards
165 - board/esd/ Files specific to boards manufactured by ESD
166 - board/esd/adciop Files specific to ADCIOP boards
167 - board/esd/ar405 Files specific to AR405 boards
168 - board/esd/canbt Files specific to CANBT boards
169 - board/esd/cpci405 Files specific to CPCI405 boards
170 - board/esd/cpciiser4 Files specific to CPCIISER4 boards
171 - board/esd/common Common files for ESD boards
172 - board/esd/dasa_sim Files specific to DASA_SIM boards
173 - board/esd/du405 Files specific to DU405 boards
174 - board/esd/ocrtc Files specific to OCRTC boards
175 - board/esd/pci405 Files specific to PCI405 boards
177 Files specific to ESTEEM192E boards
178 - board/etx094 Files specific to ETX_094 boards
180 Files specific to EVB64260 boards
181 - board/fads Files specific to FADS boards
182 - board/flagadm Files specific to FLAGADM boards
183 - board/gen860t Files specific to GEN860T and GEN860T_SC boards
184 - board/genietv Files specific to GENIETV boards
185 - board/gth Files specific to GTH boards
186 - board/hermes Files specific to HERMES boards
187 - board/hymod Files specific to HYMOD boards
188 - board/icu862 Files specific to ICU862 boards
189 - board/ip860 Files specific to IP860 boards
191 Files specific to Interphase4539 boards
192 - board/ivm Files specific to IVMS8/IVML24 boards
193 - board/lantec Files specific to LANTEC boards
194 - board/lwmon Files specific to LWMON boards
195 - board/mbx8xx Files specific to MBX boards
197 Files specific to MMPC8260ADS boards
198 - board/mpl/ Files specific to boards manufactured by MPL
199 - board/mpl/common Common files for MPL boards
200 - board/mpl/pip405 Files specific to PIP405 boards
201 - board/mpl/mip405 Files specific to MIP405 boards
202 - board/musenki Files specific to MUSEKNI boards
203 - board/mvs1 Files specific to MVS1 boards
204 - board/nx823 Files specific to NX823 boards
205 - board/oxc Files specific to OXC boards
206 - board/pcippc2 Files specific to PCIPPC2/PCIPPC6 boards
207 - board/pm826 Files specific to PM826 boards
209 Files specific to PPMC8260 boards
211 Files specific to RPXsuper boards
213 Files specific to RSDproto boards
215 Files specific to Sandpoint boards
216 - board/sbc8260 Files specific to SBC8260 boards
217 - board/sacsng Files specific to SACSng boards
218 - board/siemens Files specific to boards manufactured by Siemens AG
219 - board/siemens/CCM Files specific to CCM boards
220 - board/siemens/IAD210 Files specific to IAD210 boards
221 - board/siemens/SCM Files specific to SCM boards
222 - board/siemens/pcu_e Files specific to PCU_E boards
223 - board/sixnet Files specific to SIXNET boards
224 - board/spd8xx Files specific to SPD8xxTS boards
225 - board/tqm8260 Files specific to TQM8260 boards
226 - board/tqm8xx Files specific to TQM8xxL boards
227 - board/w7o Files specific to W7O boards
229 Files specific to Walnut405 boards
230 - board/westel/ Files specific to boards manufactured by Westel Wireless
231 - board/westel/amx860 Files specific to AMX860 boards
232 - board/utx8245 Files specific to UTX8245 boards
234 Software Configuration:
235 =======================
237 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
238 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
240 There are two classes of configuration variables:
242 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
243 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
246 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
247 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
248 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
251 Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
252 identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
253 do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
254 links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
258 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
259 ---------------------------------------------------
261 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
262 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
264 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
269 For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well;
270 e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
271 directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
274 Configuration Options:
275 ----------------------
277 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
278 such information is kept in a configuration file
279 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
281 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
282 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
285 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
286 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
287 build a config tool - later.
290 The following options need to be configured:
292 - CPU Type: Define exactly one of
296 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860
298 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260
311 - Board Type: Define exactly one of
313 PowerPC based boards:
314 ---------------------
316 CONFIG_ADCIOP, CONFIG_ICU862 CONFIG_RPXsuper,
317 CONFIG_ADS860, CONFIG_IP860, CONFIG_SM850,
318 CONFIG_AMX860, CONFIG_IPHASE4539, CONFIG_SPD823TS,
319 CONFIG_AR405, CONFIG_IVML24, CONFIG_SXNI855T,
320 CONFIG_BAB7xx, CONFIG_IVML24_128, CONFIG_Sandpoint8240,
321 CONFIG_CANBT, CONFIG_IVML24_256, CONFIG_Sandpoint8245,
322 CONFIG_CCM, CONFIG_IVMS8, CONFIG_TQM823L,
323 CONFIG_CPCI405, CONFIG_IVMS8_128, CONFIG_TQM850L,
324 CONFIG_CPCI4052, CONFIG_IVMS8_256, CONFIG_TQM855L,
325 CONFIG_CPCIISER4, CONFIG_LANTEC, CONFIG_TQM860L,
326 CONFIG_CPU86, CONFIG_MBX, CONFIG_TQM8260,
327 CONFIG_CRAYL1, CONFIG_MBX860T, CONFIG_TTTech,
328 CONFIG_CU824, CONFIG_MHPC, CONFIG_UTX8245,
329 CONFIG_DASA_SIM, CONFIG_MIP405, CONFIG_W7OLMC,
330 CONFIG_DU405, CONFIG_MOUSSE, CONFIG_W7OLMG,
331 CONFIG_ELPPC, CONFIG_MPC8260ADS, CONFIG_WALNUT405,
332 CONFIG_ERIC, CONFIG_MUSENKI, CONFIG_ZUMA,
333 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E, CONFIG_MVS1, CONFIG_c2mon,
334 CONFIG_ETX094, CONFIG_NX823, CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260,
335 CONFIG_EVB64260, CONFIG_OCRTC, CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx,
336 CONFIG_FADS823, CONFIG_ORSG, CONFIG_ep8260,
337 CONFIG_FADS850SAR, CONFIG_OXC, CONFIG_gw8260,
338 CONFIG_FADS860T, CONFIG_PCI405, CONFIG_hermes,
339 CONFIG_FLAGADM, CONFIG_PCIPPC2, CONFIG_hymod,
340 CONFIG_FPS850L, CONFIG_PCIPPC6, CONFIG_lwmon,
341 CONFIG_GEN860T, CONFIG_PIP405, CONFIG_pcu_e,
342 CONFIG_GENIETV, CONFIG_PM826, CONFIG_ppmc8260,
343 CONFIG_GTH, CONFIG_RPXClassic, CONFIG_rsdproto,
344 CONFIG_IAD210, CONFIG_RPXlite, CONFIG_sbc8260,
345 CONFIG_EBONY, CONFIG_sacsng, CONFIG_FPS860L,
346 CONFIG_V37, CONFIG_ELPT860, CONFIG_CMI,
352 CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE, CONFIG_DNP1110, CONFIG_EP7312,
353 CONFIG_IMPA7, CONFIG_LART, CONFIG_LUBBOCK,
354 CONFIG_SHANNON, CONFIG_SMDK2400, CONFIG_SMDK2410,
358 - CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
359 Define exactly one of
361 --- FIXME --- not tested yet:
362 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
363 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
365 - Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
366 Define exactly one of
367 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
369 - Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
370 Define one or more of
373 - Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
374 Define one or more of
375 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
376 the lcd display every second with
379 - MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
380 Define exactly one of
381 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
383 - 8xx CPU Options: (if using an 8xx cpu)
384 Define one or more of
385 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - if get_gclk_freq() can not work e.g.
386 no 32KHz reference PIT/RTC clock
391 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
392 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
393 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
394 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
395 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
396 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
399 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
400 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
404 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
405 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
406 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
407 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
409 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
410 port routines must be defined elsewhere
411 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
414 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
415 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
416 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
418 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
421 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
422 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
423 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
425 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
426 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
427 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
428 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
429 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
430 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
431 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
432 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
434 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
436 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
437 (requires blink timer
439 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
440 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
442 (requires CFG_CMD_DATE)
443 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
445 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
446 linux_logo.h for logo.
447 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
448 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
449 addional board info beside
452 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
453 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
454 environment 'console=serial'.
457 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
458 Select one of the baudrates listed in
459 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
461 - Interrupt driven serial port input:
462 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
465 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
466 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
467 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
468 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
470 Set to 0 to disable this feature (this is the default).
471 This will also disable hardware handshake.
473 - Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
474 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
475 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
477 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
478 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
479 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
480 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
481 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
482 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
483 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
484 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
485 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
486 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
487 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
488 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
492 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
493 define a command string that is automatically executed
494 when no character is read on the console interface
495 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
498 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
499 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
500 environment value "bootargs".
502 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
503 The value of these goes into the environment as
504 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
505 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
511 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
512 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
513 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
514 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
515 entering interactive mode.
517 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
518 automatically generated or modified. For an example
519 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
520 modified when the user holds down a certain
521 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
524 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
526 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
527 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
528 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
529 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
530 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
531 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
533 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
535 Select one of the baudrates listed in
536 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
540 Most monitor functions can be selected (or
541 de-selected) by adjusting the definition of
542 CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions,
543 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the
546 #define enables commands:
547 -------------------------
548 CFG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
550 CFG_CMD_BEDBUG Include BedBug Debugger
552 CFG_CMD_CACHE icache, dcache
553 CFG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
554 CFG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
555 CFG_CMD_DHCP DHCP support
556 CFG_CMD_ECHO * echo arguments
557 CFG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
558 CFG_CMD_ELF bootelf, bootvx
560 CFG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
561 CFG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
562 CFG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
563 CFG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
564 CFG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
565 CFG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
567 CFG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
568 CFG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
572 CFG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
574 CFG_CMD_MII MII utility commands
575 CFG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
576 CFG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
577 CFG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
578 CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
579 CFG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
580 CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
581 CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only)
582 CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
583 CFG_CMD_USB * USB support
584 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions
585 -----------------------------------------------
588 CFG_CMD_DFL Default configuration; at the moment
589 this is includes all commands, except
590 the ones marked with "*" in the list
593 If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to
594 CFG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can
595 override the default settings in the respective
598 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
599 support you can write:
601 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET)
604 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
605 (configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
606 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
607 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
608 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
609 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
610 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
611 initial stack and some data.
614 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
618 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
619 support. There must support in the platform specific
620 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
621 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
625 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
626 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
627 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
628 version as printed by the "version" command.
629 This variable is readonly.
633 When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
634 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
637 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
638 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
639 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
640 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
641 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
642 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
643 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
647 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
648 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
649 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
650 automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE .
653 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
654 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION
656 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CFG_CMD_IDE or
657 CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least
658 one partition type as well.
661 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE
663 Set this to define that instead of a reset Pin, the
664 routine ide_set_reset(int idereset) will be used.
669 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
672 At the moment only there is only support for the
673 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
674 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
676 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
677 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
678 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
679 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
681 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
683 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
685 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
686 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom
687 write routine for first time initialisation.
690 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
691 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
692 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
695 Support for National dp83815 chips.
698 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
700 - NETWORK Support (other):
702 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
703 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
706 Define this to hold the physical address
707 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
709 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
710 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
713 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
714 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
715 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
716 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
717 end define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
720 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
726 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
730 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
731 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
732 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
733 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
738 Define this to enable video support (for output to
743 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
745 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
746 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip
747 Videomode are selected via environment 'videomode' with
748 standard LiLo mode numbers.
749 Following modes are supported (* is default):
751 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
752 256 (8bit) 303* 305 307
753 65536 (16bit) 314 317 31a
754 16,7 Mill (24bit) 315 318 31b
755 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
757 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
758 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
759 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
760 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
763 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
765 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
766 display); also select one of the supported displays
767 by defining one of these:
769 CONFIG_NEC_NL6648AC33:
771 NEC NL6648AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
773 CONFIG_NEC_NL6648BC20
775 NEC NL6648BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
776 Active, color, single scan.
780 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
781 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
783 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
785 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
786 Active, color, single scan.
790 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
791 Active, color, single scan.
795 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
797 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
801 320x240. Black & white.
803 Normally display is black on white background; define
804 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
806 - Spash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
808 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
809 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
810 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
811 is supressed and the BMP image at the address
812 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
813 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
814 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
815 loaded very quickly after power-on.
823 Define a default value for ethernet address to use
824 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this
825 is not determined automatically.
830 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
831 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not
832 determined through e.g. bootp.
837 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP
838 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
840 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
841 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
843 If you have many targets in a network that try to
844 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
845 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
846 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
847 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
848 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
849 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
850 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
851 following delays are insterted then:
853 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
854 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
855 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
857 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
859 - Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
861 Several configurations allow to display the current
862 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
863 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
864 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
865 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
866 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
867 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
870 - CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
872 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
873 on those systems that support this (optional)
874 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
876 - I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
878 Enables I2C serial bus commands. If this is selected,
879 either CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C must be defined
880 to include the appropriate I2C driver.
882 See also: common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
883 command line interface.
888 Selects the CPM hardware driver for I2C.
892 Use software (aka bit-banging) driver instead of CPM
893 or similar hardware support for I2C. This is configured
894 via the following defines.
898 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable I2C
899 controller or configure ports.
903 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
904 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
905 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
909 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
910 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
915 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
916 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
921 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
926 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
927 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
931 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
932 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
936 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
937 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
938 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4).
942 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
943 chips might think that the current transfer is still
944 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
945 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
946 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
947 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
948 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
949 is run early in the boot sequence.
951 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
953 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
954 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
955 D/As on the SACSng board)
959 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
960 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
964 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
965 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
966 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
967 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
968 defined, the board configuration must define several
969 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
970 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
972 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
974 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
978 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For
980 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
982 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
984 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA
989 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
990 status by the configuration function. This option
991 will require a board or device specific function to
996 If defined, a function that provides delays in the
997 FPGA configuration driver.
1001 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1003 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1005 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1006 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1007 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1008 indicated a CRC error).
1012 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1013 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1014 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500 mS.
1018 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1019 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
1021 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1023 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1026 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1028 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1032 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example,
1033 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
1035 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
1037 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
1041 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1042 status by the configuration function. This option
1043 will require a board or device specific function to
1048 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1049 configuration driver.
1051 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1052 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1054 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1056 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1057 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1058 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1059 indicated a CRC error).
1063 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1064 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1065 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1070 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1071 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
1073 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1075 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1078 - Configuration Management:
1081 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1082 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
1084 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
1086 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1087 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
1088 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to bb parameters that
1089 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1090 protects these variables from casual modification by
1091 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1092 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1093 change this behviour:
1095 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1096 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
1097 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
1100 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1101 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1102 ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1103 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1104 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1110 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1111 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1112 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1113 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1114 this default value by defining an environment
1115 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1116 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1117 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1118 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1119 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1120 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1121 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1123 setenv bootargs ... mem=\$(mem)
1126 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1127 either, which results in a memory region that will
1128 not be affected by reboots.
1130 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1131 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1132 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1133 following board configurations are known to be
1136 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1137 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1138 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1143 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1144 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1145 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1146 system where you want to system to reboot
1147 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1148 useful during development since you can try to debug
1149 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1151 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1153 This variable defines the number of retries for
1154 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1155 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1156 default value of 5 is used.
1158 - Command Interpreter:
1161 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1162 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1163 powerful command line syntax like
1164 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1165 constructs ("shell scripts").
1167 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1168 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1173 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1174 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1175 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1179 In the current implementation, the local variables
1180 space and global environment variables space are
1181 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1182 simply typing like `name=value'. To access a local
1183 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1184 `${name}'; variable directly by typing say `$name' at
1187 Global environment variables are those you use
1188 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1189 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1190 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
1192 To store commands and special characters in a
1193 variable, please use double quotation marks
1194 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1195 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1198 - Default Environment
1199 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1201 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1202 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
1203 the default enviroment compiled into the boot image.
1205 For example, place something like this in your
1206 board's config file:
1208 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1212 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1213 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1214 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1215 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
1216 will change soon, but there is no guarantee either.
1217 You better know what you are doing here.
1219 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1220 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1221 the environment like the autoscript function or the
1224 - Show boot progress
1225 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1227 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1228 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1229 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1230 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1231 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1232 the following checkpoints are implemented:
1235 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
1236 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
1237 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
1238 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
1239 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
1240 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
1241 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1242 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1243 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1244 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1245 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1246 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1247 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1248 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1249 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1250 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1251 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
1252 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1253 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1254 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
1255 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK
1256 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
1257 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1258 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
1259 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk)
1260 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification
1261 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1262 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
1264 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1265 -1 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1266 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1267 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1268 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1270 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1271 -1 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1272 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown boot device
1273 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1274 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1275 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Read Error on boot device
1276 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1278 -1 common/cmd_nvedit.c Environment not changable, but has bad CRC
1284 [so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
1286 - Modem support endable:
1287 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
1289 - RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
1292 - Modem debug support:
1293 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
1295 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
1296 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
1300 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
1301 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
1302 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
1303 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from
1304 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
1305 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
1308 If there are no modem init strings in the
1309 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
1310 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
1313 See also: doc/README.Modem
1318 Configuration Settings:
1319 -----------------------
1321 - CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
1322 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1324 - CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
1325 prompt for user input.
1327 - CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
1329 - CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
1331 - CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
1333 - CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
1334 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
1337 - CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
1338 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1340 - CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
1341 Suppress display of console information at boot.
1343 - CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1344 If the board specific function
1345 extern int overwrite_console (void);
1346 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
1347 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
1349 - CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
1350 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
1352 - CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
1353 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
1355 - CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END:
1356 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
1360 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
1362 - CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR:
1363 Default load address for network file downloads
1365 - CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
1366 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
1369 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1372 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
1376 Physical start address of Flash memory.
1379 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
1380 make config files to be same as the text base address
1381 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
1382 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
1385 Size of memory reserved for monitor code
1388 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
1391 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
1392 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
1393 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually
1394 initrd image) must be put below this limit.
1396 - CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
1397 Max number of Flash memory banks
1399 - CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
1400 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
1402 - CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
1403 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
1405 - CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
1406 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
1408 - CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
1410 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
1411 without this option such a download has to be
1412 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
1413 copy from RAM to flash.
1415 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
1416 you can check if the download worked before you erase
1417 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is
1418 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the
1419 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
1422 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
1423 common flash structure for storing flash geometry
1425 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
1426 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
1427 following configurations:
1429 - CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
1431 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
1433 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
1434 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
1435 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
1436 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
1437 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
1438 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
1439 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
1440 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
1441 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
1442 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
1443 between U-Boot and the environment.
1447 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
1448 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
1449 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
1450 for this sector is given here.
1452 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE.
1456 This is just another way to specify the start address of
1457 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
1460 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
1462 Size of the sector containing the environment.
1465 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
1466 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
1471 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
1472 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
1473 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
1474 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
1476 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
1477 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
1478 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
1479 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
1480 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
1481 updating the environment in flash makes it always
1482 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
1483 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
1484 RAM, your target system will be dead.
1486 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
1489 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
1490 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is
1491 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
1492 a "saveenv" operation.
1494 BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
1495 source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
1499 - CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
1501 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
1502 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
1508 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you
1509 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
1510 can just be read and written to, without any special
1513 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
1514 in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
1515 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or
1518 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
1519 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
1520 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
1521 to save the current settings.
1524 - CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
1526 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
1527 device and a driver for it.
1532 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
1533 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
1535 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
1536 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
1537 The default address is zero.
1539 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
1540 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
1541 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
1542 would require six bits.
1544 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
1545 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
1546 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
1548 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
1549 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
1550 that this is NOT the chip address length!
1553 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
1556 - CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
1558 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
1559 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
1560 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
1561 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
1562 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
1563 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
1564 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
1566 Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor
1567 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
1568 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
1569 until then to read environment variables.
1571 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
1572 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
1573 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
1574 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
1575 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
1576 have any device yet where we could complain.]
1578 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
1579 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
1580 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
1583 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
1584 ---------------------------------------------------
1586 - CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE:
1587 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
1590 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
1591 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS and RPXsuper)
1592 to be able to adjust the position of the IMMR
1593 register after a reset.
1595 - Floppy Disk Support:
1596 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
1598 the default drive number (default value 0)
1602 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers
1607 defines the offset of register from address. It
1608 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
1609 the fdc chipset. (default value 0)
1611 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
1612 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
1615 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
1616 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
1617 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
1618 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
1621 - CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory Mapped
1622 Register; DO NOT CHANGE! (11-4)
1623 [MPC8xx systems only]
1625 - CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
1627 Start address of memory area tha can be used for
1628 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
1629 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
1630 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
1631 will become available only after programming the
1632 memory controller and running certain initialization
1635 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
1636 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
1637 - MPC824X: data cache
1638 - PPC4xx: data cache
1640 - CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
1642 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
1643 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
1644 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
1645 data is located at the end of the available space
1646 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END -
1647 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
1648 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
1649 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
1652 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
1653 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
1654 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
1655 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
1656 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
1658 - CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
1660 - CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
1662 - CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
1664 - CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
1666 - CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
1668 - CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
1670 - CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
1674 periodic timer for refresh
1676 - CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
1678 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM,
1679 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP,
1680 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM,
1682 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
1684 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
1685 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM,
1686 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM:
1687 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
1689 - CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
1690 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL:
1691 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
1692 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
1694 - CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
1695 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
1696 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
1698 - CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
1699 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
1700 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
1703 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
1704 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
1705 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
1707 - CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
1708 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
1709 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
1710 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
1713 Building the Software:
1714 ======================
1716 Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a
1717 PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments
1718 (running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and
1721 If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you
1722 have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named
1723 with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if
1724 you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change
1725 the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU,
1728 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
1731 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
1732 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
1737 where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing
1738 configurations; the following names are supported:
1740 ADCIOP_config GTH_config TQM850L_config
1741 ADS860_config IP860_config TQM855L_config
1742 AR405_config IVML24_config TQM860L_config
1743 CANBT_config IVMS8_config WALNUT405_config
1744 CPCI405_config LANTEC_config cogent_common_config
1745 CPCIISER4_config MBX_config cogent_mpc8260_config
1746 CU824_config MBX860T_config cogent_mpc8xx_config
1747 ESTEEM192E_config RPXlite_config hermes_config
1748 ETX094_config RPXsuper_config hymod_config
1749 FADS823_config SM850_config lwmon_config
1750 FADS850SAR_config SPD823TS_config pcu_e_config
1751 FADS860T_config SXNI855T_config rsdproto_config
1752 FPS850L_config Sandpoint8240_config sbc8260_config
1753 GENIETV_config TQM823L_config PIP405_config
1754 GEN860T_config EBONY_config FPS860L_config
1755 ELPT860_config cmi_mpc5xx_config NETVIA_config
1757 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
1758 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
1759 instance, the TQM8xxL systems run normally at 50 MHz and use a
1760 SCC for 10baseT ethernet; there are also systems with 80 MHz
1761 CPU clock, and an optional Fast Ethernet module is available
1762 for CPU's with FEC. You can select such additional "features"
1763 when chosing the configuration, i. e.
1766 - will configure for a plain TQM860L, i. e. 50MHz, no FEC
1768 make TQM860L_FEC_config
1769 - will configure for a TQM860L at 50MHz with FEC for ethernet
1771 make TQM860L_80MHz_config
1772 - will configure for a TQM860L at 80 MHz, with normal 10baseT
1775 make TQM860L_FEC_80MHz_config
1776 - will configure for a TQM860L at 80 MHz with FEC for ethernet
1778 make TQM823L_LCD_config
1779 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
1781 make TQM823L_LCD_80MHz_config
1782 - will configure for a TQM823L at 80 MHz with U-Boot console on LCD
1788 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
1789 images ready for downlod to / installation on your system:
1791 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
1792 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
1793 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
1796 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
1797 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
1801 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
1802 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
1805 1. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
1806 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
1807 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
1808 boards and other names are listed alphabetically sorted. Please
1810 2. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
1811 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
1812 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
1813 3. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
1815 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
1816 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
1817 4. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
1818 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
1819 to be installed on your target system.
1820 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
1821 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
1824 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
1825 ==============================================================
1827 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
1828 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
1829 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
1830 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
1831 official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources.
1833 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
1834 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
1835 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
1836 just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
1837 for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
1838 select which (cross) compiler to use py passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
1839 environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from
1840 MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type
1842 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
1844 or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
1846 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
1848 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
1852 Monitor Commands - Overview:
1853 ============================
1855 go - start application at address 'addr'
1856 run - run commands in an environment variable
1857 bootm - boot application image from memory
1858 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
1859 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
1860 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
1861 (and eventually "gatewayip")
1862 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
1863 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
1864 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
1865 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
1867 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
1868 nm - memory modify (constant address)
1869 mw - memory write (fill)
1871 cmp - memory compare
1872 crc32 - checksum calculation
1873 imd - i2c memory display
1874 imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
1875 inm - i2c memory modify (constant address)
1876 imw - i2c memory write (fill)
1877 icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation
1878 iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
1879 iloop - infinite loop on address range
1880 isdram - print SDRAM configuration information
1881 sspi - SPI utility commands
1882 base - print or set address offset
1883 printenv- print environment variables
1884 setenv - set environment variables
1885 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
1886 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
1887 erase - erase FLASH memory
1888 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
1889 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
1890 iminfo - print header information for application image
1891 coninfo - print console devices and informations
1892 ide - IDE sub-system
1893 loop - infinite loop on address range
1894 mtest - simple RAM test
1895 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
1896 dcache - enable or disable data cache
1897 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
1898 echo - echo args to console
1899 version - print monitor version
1900 help - print online help
1901 ? - alias for 'help'
1904 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
1905 ========================================
1909 For now: just type "help <command>".
1912 Environment Variables:
1913 ======================
1915 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
1916 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
1918 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
1919 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
1920 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
1921 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
1922 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
1923 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
1925 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
1927 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
1929 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
1931 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
1933 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
1935 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
1937 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
1938 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
1939 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
1940 load any image using TFTP
1942 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
1943 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
1944 be automatically started (by internally calling
1947 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
1948 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
1949 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
1950 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
1953 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
1954 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
1955 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
1956 is usually what you want since it allows for
1957 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
1958 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
1959 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
1960 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
1961 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
1962 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
1963 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
1965 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
1966 RAM, and want to reseve 4 MB from use by Linux,
1967 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
1968 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
1969 sure, that the initrd image is placed in the first
1970 12 MB as well - this can be done with
1972 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
1974 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
1976 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
1977 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
1979 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
1981 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
1983 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
1985 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
1987 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
1990 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
1991 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
1992 depending the information provided by your boot server:
1994 bootfile - see above
1995 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
1996 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
1997 hostname - Target hostname
1999 netmask - Subnet Mask
2000 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
2001 serverip - see above
2004 There are two special Environment Variables:
2006 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
2007 as type string and/or serial number
2008 ethaddr - Ethernet address
2010 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
2011 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
2012 once they have been set once.
2015 Further special Environment Variables:
2017 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
2018 with the "version" command. This variable is
2019 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
2022 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
2023 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
2026 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2027 =======================================
2029 Some boards come with redundand ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
2030 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2031 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignemnt works as follows:
2033 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2034 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2035 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
2037 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2038 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2039 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2040 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
2042 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2043 environment, the SROM's address is used.
2045 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2046 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2049 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2050 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
2052 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2053 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2056 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
2064 The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which
2065 can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the
2066 definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header
2067 defines the following image properties:
2069 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
2070 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
2071 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS;
2072 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS).
2073 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
2074 IA64, MIPS, MIPS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
2075 Currently supported: PowerPC).
2076 * Compression Type (Provisions for uncompressed, gzip, bzip2;
2077 Currently supported: uncompressed, gzip).
2083 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
2084 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
2091 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
2092 easily, Linux has always been in the focus during the design of
2095 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
2096 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
2097 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
2098 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
2099 serves serveral purposes:
2101 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
2102 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
2103 Flash memory footprint)
2105 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
2106 lots of low-level, hardware dependend stuff are done by U-Boot
2108 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
2109 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
2110 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
2111 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
2112 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
2113 software is easier now.
2119 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
2120 ---------------------------------------
2122 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
2123 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
2124 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
2127 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot).
2129 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
2130 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
2131 Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make
2132 sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your
2133 U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR.
2136 Configuring the Linux kernel:
2137 -----------------------------
2139 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
2140 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
2143 Building a Linux Image:
2144 -----------------------
2146 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
2147 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
2148 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
2149 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
2150 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
2151 100% compatible format.
2160 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
2161 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
2162 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
2164 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
2166 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
2168 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
2169 -R .note -R .comment \
2170 -S vmlinux linux.bin
2172 * compress the binary image:
2176 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
2178 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
2179 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
2180 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
2183 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
2184 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
2185 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
2186 byte header containing information about target architecture,
2187 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
2188 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
2190 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
2191 print the header information, or to build new images.
2193 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
2194 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
2195 checksum verification:
2197 tools/mkimage -l image
2198 -l ==> list image header information
2200 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
2201 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
2203 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
2204 -n name -d data_file image
2205 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
2206 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
2207 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
2208 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
2209 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
2210 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
2211 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
2212 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
2214 Right now, all Linux kernels use the same load address (0x00000000),
2215 but the entry point address depends on the kernel version:
2217 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
2218 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
2220 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
2222 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2223 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
2224 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
2225 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
2226 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2227 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2228 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2229 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2230 Load Address: 0x00000000
2231 Entry Point: 0x00000000
2233 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
2235 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
2236 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2237 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2238 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2239 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2240 Load Address: 0x00000000
2241 Entry Point: 0x00000000
2243 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
2244 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
2245 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
2246 need to be uncompressed:
2248 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
2249 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2250 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
2251 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
2252 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
2253 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2254 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2255 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
2256 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
2257 Load Address: 0x00000000
2258 Entry Point: 0x00000000
2261 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
2262 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
2264 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
2265 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
2266 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
2267 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2268 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
2269 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2270 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
2271 Load Address: 0x00000000
2272 Entry Point: 0x00000000
2275 Installing a Linux Image:
2276 -------------------------
2278 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
2279 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
2281 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
2283 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
2284 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
2285 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
2286 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
2289 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
2290 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
2292 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
2298 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2299 ~>examples/image.srec
2300 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
2302 15989 15990 15991 15992
2303 [file transfer complete]
2305 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
2308 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
2309 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
2310 corruption happened:
2314 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2315 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2316 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2317 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2318 Load Address: 00000000
2319 Entry Point: 0000000c
2320 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2327 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
2328 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
2329 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
2330 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
2331 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
2334 => printenv bootargs
2335 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
2337 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2339 => printenv bootargs
2340 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2343 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
2344 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
2345 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2346 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
2347 Load Address: 00000000
2348 Entry Point: 0000000c
2349 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2350 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2351 Linux version 2.2.13 (wd@denx.local.net) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Wed Jul 19 02:35:17 MEST 2000
2352 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2353 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2354 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2355 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
2358 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass
2359 the memory addreses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
2360 format!) to the "bootm" command:
2362 => imi 40100000 40200000
2364 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2365 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2366 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2367 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2368 Load Address: 00000000
2369 Entry Point: 0000000c
2370 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2372 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
2373 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2374 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2375 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2376 Load Address: 00000000
2377 Entry Point: 00000000
2378 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2380 => bootm 40100000 40200000
2381 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
2382 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2383 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2384 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2385 Load Address: 00000000
2386 Entry Point: 0000000c
2387 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2388 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2389 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
2390 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2391 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2392 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2393 Load Address: 00000000
2394 Entry Point: 00000000
2395 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2396 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
2397 Linux version 2.2.13 (wd@denx.local.net) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Wed Jul 19 02:32:08 MEST 2000
2398 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
2399 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2400 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2402 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
2403 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
2407 More About U-Boot Image Types:
2408 ------------------------------
2410 U-Boot supports the following image types:
2412 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
2413 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
2414 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
2415 the Standalone Program.
2416 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
2417 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
2418 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
2419 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
2420 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
2421 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
2422 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
2424 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
2425 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
2426 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
2427 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
2428 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
2429 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
2431 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
2432 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
2433 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
2434 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
2435 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
2436 a multiple of 4 bytes).
2438 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
2439 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
2442 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
2443 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
2444 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
2445 as command interpreter.
2451 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
2452 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
2453 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
2455 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
2460 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
2461 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
2462 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
2466 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2467 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
2468 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2469 [file transfer complete]
2471 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
2473 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
2474 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2485 Hit any key to exit ...
2487 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
2489 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
2490 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
2491 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
2492 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
2493 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
2494 controlled by the following keys:
2496 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
2497 b - enable interrupts and start timer
2498 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
2499 q - quit application
2502 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2503 ~>examples/timer.srec
2504 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2505 [file transfer complete]
2507 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
2510 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2513 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
2516 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
2519 [q, b, e, ?] ........
2520 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
2523 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
2526 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
2529 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
2531 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
2533 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
2540 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to used the
2541 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
2542 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
2543 Unix, I recommend to use CKermit for general purpose use (and
2544 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
2545 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
2550 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
2551 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
2553 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
2554 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
2555 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
2556 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
2557 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
2558 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
2560 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
2562 # ln -s powerpc machine
2563 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
2564 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
2566 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
2567 and U-Boot include files.
2569 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
2570 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
2571 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
2572 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2573 meantime, send mail to bruno@exet-ag.de and/or wd@denx.de for
2577 Implementation Internals:
2578 =========================
2580 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
2581 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
2582 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
2586 Initial Stack, Global Data:
2587 ---------------------------
2589 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
2590 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
2591 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
2592 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
2593 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
2594 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
2595 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
2596 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
2597 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
2598 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
2600 Chris Hallinan posted a good summy of these issues to the
2601 u-boot-users mailing list:
2603 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
2604 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
2605 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
2608 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
2609 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
2610 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
2611 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
2612 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
2613 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you
2614 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
2615 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
2617 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
2618 is another option for the system designer to use as an
2619 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
2620 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
2621 board designers haven't used it for something that would
2622 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
2625 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
2626 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
2627 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
2628 Walnut405.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
2629 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
2630 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
2631 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
2632 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
2633 you get the config right.
2638 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
2639 code for the initialization procedures:
2641 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
2644 * Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
2645 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
2646 zation is performed later (when relocationg to RAM).
2648 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
2651 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
2652 normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
2653 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
2654 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
2655 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
2656 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
2657 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
2658 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
2659 reserve for this purpose.
2661 When chosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
2662 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
2663 GCC's implementation.
2665 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
2668 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
2669 R5-R10: parameter passing
2670 R13: small data area pointer
2674 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
2676 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data
2678 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
2679 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
2680 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
2681 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
2682 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
2683 624 text + 127 data).
2685 On ARM, the following registers are used:
2687 R0: function argument word/integer result
2688 R1-R3: function argument word
2690 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
2691 R11: argument (frame) pointer
2692 R12: temporary workspace
2695 R15: program counter
2697 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
2704 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
2705 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
2707 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
2708 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
2709 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
2710 physical memory banks.
2712 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
2713 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
2714 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
2715 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
2716 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN
2717 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
2718 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
2720 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
2721 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
2723 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
2726 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
2729 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
2735 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
2736 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
2737 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
2740 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
2741 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
2742 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
2743 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
2746 System Initialization:
2747 ----------------------
2749 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
2750 (on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
2751 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
2752 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to it's link address.
2753 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
2754 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
2755 which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
2756 part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
2757 the caches and the SIU.
2759 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
2760 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
2761 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
2762 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
2763 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
2764 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
2767 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
2768 different size, the larger is mapped first. For equal size, the first
2769 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
2770 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
2771 contiguous memory starting from 0.
2773 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
2774 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
2775 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
2776 pages, and the final stack is set up.
2778 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
2779 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
2780 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
2784 U-Boot Porting Guide:
2785 ----------------------
2787 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
2791 int main (int argc, char *argv[])
2793 sighandler_t no_more_time;
2795 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
2796 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
2798 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
2799 pay consultant to port U-Boot;
2803 Download latest U-Boot source;
2805 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list;
2808 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
2812 Read the README file in the top level directory;
2813 Read http://www.denx.de/re/DPLG.html
2814 Read the source, Luke;
2817 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
2820 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
2823 Create your own board support subdirectory;
2825 Create your own board config file;
2829 Add / modify source code;
2833 email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
2835 Send patch file to Wolfgang;
2840 void no_more_time (int sig)
2850 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
2851 coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux
2852 kernel source directory.
2854 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts
2855 in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style
2856 comments (//) in your code.
2858 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
2859 with a request to reformat the changes.
2865 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
2866 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
2867 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
2870 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
2873 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
2874 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
2875 patch actually fixes something.
2877 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
2880 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
2882 * For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
2884 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
2885 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
2887 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
2888 document these in the README file.
2890 * The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs
2891 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your
2892 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest
2893 version of GNU diff.
2895 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded
2900 * Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
2901 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
2902 for any of the boards.
2904 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
2905 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
2906 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
2908 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
2909 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
2910 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
2911 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
2912 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
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